I know it means basically go to hell, but where did the handbag thing come from? (Why is in a handbag part of the expression?)
2007-11-08 05:42:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket.html
2007-11-08 08:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it actually refers to a situation. It's not like telling someone to go to hell, but rather more like "the situation just got incredibly bad" when you say "it went to hell in a handbag."
How the handbag got in there is anybody's guess.
2007-11-08 05:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by CDB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The saying is actually "To hell in a handbasket".
Because they both start with H?
It is just one of those things.
2007-11-08 05:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it started out as "go to hell in a handbasket" and variations were made.
2007-11-08 05:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it means that the situation was an entire mess thus put in a bag and sent to hell.. idk but that sounds plausable. you know like one nice package of crap.
2007-11-08 05:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by lil ol me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cuz someones gonna carry your a** down there!!
2007-11-08 06:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by gigi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋